This Week's Birthdays (July 11 - 17)

Happy Birthday this week to:

Jul 11
1931 ● Tab Hunter (Arthur Kelm Gelien) → Actor, teen idol, "Young Love" (1957)
1938 ● Terry Garthwaite → Joy Of Cooking, solo
1946 ● John Lawton → Lucifer's Friend, Uriah Heep, solo
1947 ● Jeff Hanna → The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1950 ● Patricia Eva "Bonnie" Pointer→ Pointer Sisters
1957 ● Peter Murphy → Bauhaus, Dali's Car, solo
1959 ● Richie Sambora → Bon Jovi
1959 ● Suzanne Vega → "Luka" (1987)
1965 ● Scott Shriner → Weezer
1966 ● Melanie Susan Appleby → Mel And Kim
1975 ● Lil' Kim (Kimberly Jones) → Rapper, Junior M.A.F.I.A., solo

Jul 12
1895 ● Oscar Hammerstein II → Composer, lyricist, partner of Richard Rogers
1942 ● Swamp Dogg (Jerry Williams, Jr.) → Songwriter, producer, soul artist
1943 ● Christine McVie → Fleetwood Mac
1948 ● Walter Egan → "Magnet And Steel" (1978)
1949 ● John Wetton → King Crimson, Roxy Music, Asia
1950 ● Eric "The Fox" Carr (Paul Caravello) → KISS
1952 ● Liz Mitchell → Boney M
1952 ● Phil Kramer → Iron Butterfly
1956 ● Sandi Patty → Contemporary Christian
1962 ● Dan Murphy → Soul Asylum
1976 ● Tracie Spencer → Pop/R&B, "This House" (1990)

Jul 13
1935 ● Pete Escovedo → Santana
1942 ● James Joseph "Roger" McGuinn → The Byrds, McGuinn-Clark & Hillman, solo
1942 ● Jay Uzzell → The Corsairs, "Smoky Places" (1962)
1942 ● Stephen Bladd → J. Geils Band
1954 ● Thelma Louise Mandrell → Country singer, sister of Barbara
1974 ● Deborah Cox → R&B singer/songwriter, actress
1978 ● Will Champion → Coldplay

Jul 14
1912 ● Woodrow Wilson Guthrie → "This Land Is Your Land" (1940)
1938 ● Bob Scholl → The Mello-Kings, "Tonite, Tonite" (1957)
1952 ● Chris Cross (Christopher St. John) → Ultravox
1965 ● Igor Khoroshev → Yes, solo
1966 ● Ellen Reid → Crash Test Dummies
1966 ● Tonya Donelly → Throwing Muses, The Breeders, Belly
1975 ● Taboo (Jaime Luis Gomez) → Black Eyed Peas
1975 ● Tameka "Tiny" Cottle → Xscape
1978 ● Ruben Studdard → Pop/R&B singer, "Superstar" (2003)

Jul 15
1939 ● Tommy Dee → "Three Stars" (1959)
1944 ● Mildred "Millie" Jackson → "If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right" (1975)
1945 ● Peter Lewis → Moby Grape
1946 ● Linda Ronstadt → The Stone Poneys, solo, "When Will I Be Loved" (1975)
1947 ● Peter Banks (Brockbanks) → Yes (original lead guitar), Bloodwyn Pig, solo
1948 ● Thomas Delmar "Artimus" Pyle → Lynyrd Skynyrd
1949 ● Trevor Horn → Producer, songwriter, bassist, The Buggles, Yes
1952 ● Jeff Carlisli → .38 Special
1956 ● Joe "Satch" Satriani → Guitar virtuoso, solo artist, sessionman, Chickenfoot, Deep Purple
1956 ● Marky Ramone (Marc Bell) → The Ramones

Jul 16
1940 ● Tony Jackson → The Searchers
1942 ● Desmond Dekker (Dacres) → "The Israelites" (1968)
1944 ● Thomas Boggs → The Box Tops
1949 ● Ray Major → Mott The Hoople
1952 ● Stewart Copeland → The Police

Jul 17
1938 ● Stanley Bronstein → Elephant's Memory
1942 ● Spencer Davis → Spencer Davis Group, producer
1947 ● Mick Tucker → Sweet, "Ballroom Blitz" (1975)
1948 ● Ron Asheton → The Stooges
1949 ● Terence "Geezer" Butler → Black Sabbath
1952 ● Chet McCracken → Doobie Brothers
1952 ● Nicolette Larson → "Lotta Love" (1979)
1952 ● Phoebe Snow → "Poetry Man" (1974)
1963 ● Regina Belle → R&B, "A Whole New World" (1992)
1970 ● Mandy Smith → Dance-pop singer, model, teenage ex-wife of Bill Wyman
1971 ● DJ Minute Mix (Jarrett Cordes) → PM Dawn
1971 ● Ed Kowalczyk → Live